FEBRUARY - A Tibetan woman offers prayers in front of the Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal.NAVESH CHITRAKAR
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MARCH - A bowler in the Maasai Warriors cricket team throws the ball during pratice at a cricket grounds in Mombasa, South East Kenya. The team is made up of Maasai warriors from the Laikipia region of Kenya. The players are aiming to be role models in their communities where they are actively campaigning against FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) and early childhood marriages.CARL DE SOUZA
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APRIL - Wearing their traditional costumes Kyrgyz girls dance at the Ala-Too Square in Bishkek during the annual celebration of Newroz (New Year) holiday. Newroz is an ancient Persian festival marking the first day of spring in Central Asia.VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO
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MAY - Incandescent materials, ash and smoke are spewed from the Popocatepetl Volcano as seen from Santiago Xalitzintla, in the Mexican central state of Puebla.RONALDO SCHEMIDT
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JUNE - Revelers from a typical Lisbon neighborhood, Alfama,walk down a street on their way to the Saint Anthony's Parade on Avenida da Liberdade, in Lisbon. The city celebrates Saint Antony's day, its protector, with a parade that gathers participants from several typical neighborhoods of the city.PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA
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JULY - A roadside vegetable seller stretches himself in monsoon rain in Mumbai, India. The monsoon rains which usually hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people.Rafiq Maqbool
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AUGUST - Muslim worshippers pray outside at the Dome of the Rock in the Al-Aqsa mosques compound in Jerusalem's Old City on the occasion of Lailat al-Qadr which falls on the 27th day of the fasting month of Ramadan. Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Destiny, marks the night when the first verses of the Koran were revealed to the Prophet Mohammed through the archangel Gabriel.AHMAD GHARABLI
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SEPTEMBER - Revellers take part in the annual "tomatina" tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol, near Valencia, Spain. Tens of thousands of revellers hurled 120 tonnes of squashed tomatoes at each other, drenching the streets in red in a gigantic Spanish food fight known as the Tomatina.Biel Alino
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OCTOBER - Nepalese youth play on a swing popularly known as "Dashain Ping" in Kathmandu during the second day of the Hindu festival of Dashain. People of all ages play on a swing in towns and villages while celebrating the biggest Hindu festival Dashain, which is celebrated for fifteen days in honour of the Hindu goddess of power Durga.Prakash Mathema
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NOVEMBER - Indian women put vermilion on each other and offer sweets as part of a ritual known as 'Sindhoor Khela' on the occasion of the Dushhera-Vijaya Dashami festival in Hyderabad on the final day of Durga Puja. 'Sindhoor Khela' is a ritual for married women as the vermilion represents married life in Bengal as well as in rest of India and women splash it on each others' faces.Noah Seelam
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